In South America the least precipitation falls on:

A)& Grand Chaco

B) Guiana Highlands

C) La Plata

D) Amazonian lowland

E) Orinoco lowland

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The latidunal zoning in South America is characteristic for:

A) East of the Brazilian Highlands

B)& East of the Andes

C) West of Andes

D) Orinoco lowland

E) Amazonian lowland

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High temperature within the year, uniform and abundant precipitation are characteristic for this climatic zone of South America:

A)& equatorial

B) subequatorial

C) tropical

D) subtropical

E) temperate

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The temperate climatic zone of South America is on:

A) north

B) east

C)& south

D) center

E) there is no temperate climatic zone

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South America is the second by the total amount of annual flow after:

A) North America

B) Australia

C)& Eurasia

D) Africa

E) Europe

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The main watershed of the rivers in South America passes by:

A) Brazilian Highlands

B) Amazonian lowland

C)& Andes

D) Guiana Highlands

E) Orinoco lowland

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Main feed source of the rivers in South America:

A) precipitation

B) snow

C) glaciers

D)& rain

E) hail

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The rivers of the subequatorial belt of South America rise:

A)& in the summer

B) in the winter

C) in the spring

D) in the autumn

E) never

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The uniform flow of the rivers in South America is characteristic for:

A)& equatorial part

B) subequatorial

C) tropical

D) subtropical

E) temperate

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The highest waterfall of South America:

A) Iguazu

B) Victoria

C)& Angel

D) Niagara

E) Livingstone

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Hydrological feature of South America is:

A)& small number of lakes

B) small number of rivers

C) large number of lakes

D) large number of bogs

E) big area of long-term permafrost

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The largest rivers of South America:

A) Tapajos, Parana

B)& Amazon, Orinoco

C) San Francisco, Atrato

D) Magdalena, Iguazu

E) Rio-Negro

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South America belongs to … by floristic division into districts:

A) 1 kingdom

B)& 2 kingdoms

C) 3 kingdoms

D) 4 kingdoms

E) 5 kingdoms

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Local name of humid equatorial forests of South America:

A) Campos

B) Llanos

C)& Selva

D) Pampas

E) Prairies

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Local name of the Brazilian Highland’s savannas:

A) Llanos

B) Hylea

C)& Campos

D) Pampas

E) Paramos

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Local name of the Orinoco lowland’s savannas:

A) Hylea

B) Paramos

C) Campos

D)& Llanos

E) Tierra Fria

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The subtropical steppe of South America is called:

A) Campos

B) Selva

C) Llanos

D)& Pampas

E) Tierra Fria

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The territory of Patagonia in South America has these landscapes:

A)& semi-deserts

B) savannas

C) hyleas

D) forests

E) forest-steppes

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They grow in the southwest at the Pacific coast of South America:

A)& hygrophilous forests

B) dry forests

C) dry bushes

D) herbs

E) variable and moist forests

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The South American representatives of the camel family:

A) puma

B) ocelot

C) opossum

D) harpy

E)& lama

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South America, in zoogeographical division into districts, belongs to:

A) Paleotropic area

B) Holarctic area

C) Indo-Malayan area

D)& Neotropical area

E) Australian area

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Soils of hyleas of South America:

A)& red soils, jeltozem laterite

B) burozems

C) gray soils

D) brown

E) chernozem

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The area of the African continent with islands:

A) 15 million km ²

B) 35 million km ²

C) 45 million km ²

D)& 30,3 million km ²

E) 50,2 million km ²

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Extreme northern point of the continent of Africa to be on:

A) 40⁰ 33' N

B)& 37⁰ 20' N

C) 37⁰ 20' W

D) 37⁰ 20' E

E) 23⁰ 30' N

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The distance between northernmost and southernmost points of Africa is about:

A) 1000 km.

B) 800 km.

C)& 8000 km.

D) 10000 km.

E) 15000 km.

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The main part of the African continent is located on:

A) equatorial latitudes

B)& equatorial and tropical

C) subtropical

D) temperate

E) subpolar

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The coastline of Africa differs by …:

A) indented coasts

B)& straightness

C) deep internal seas

D) large number of peninsulas

E) similarity to Eurasia

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The greatest width of the African continent is … in the southern hemisphere:

A) 500 km

B) 5000 km

C)& 3000 km

D) 1500 km

E) 8000 km

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The most ancient platform of Africa occupies:

A) 1/5 part of the continent of Africa

B) 1/2 part of the continent of Africa

C)& 2/3 part of the continent of Africa

D) 4/5 part of the continent of Africa

E) 1/10 part of the continent of Africa

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The African platform consists of:

A) anticlise

B) syneclises

C)& anticlise and syneclises

D) bathylite

E) geosynclines

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Large syneclises of Africa

A)& Kalakhari, Congo

B) Putorana, Ordos

C) Akhaggarsky, Tibesti

D) Sugars, Kordofan

E) Sofia, Yukla

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The most considerable juts of the ancient base of Africa are …:

A) in the north

B)& in the east

C) in the south

D) in the west

E) in the center

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East African Rift is stretched for …:

A) 1,000 km.

B) 2,500 km.

C) 5800km.

D)& 6500 km.

E) 8400 km.

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The South African Shield covers …:

A) East Africa

B) South Africa

C)& East and South Africa

D) Central Africa

E) entire continent

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Africa is the continent of these territories mainly:

A) lowlands, mountains

B)& raised plains, plateaus

C) mountains

D) hollows

E) uplands

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Mountain areas in Africa occupy …:

A) 1% of the area

B) 10% of the area

C)& 20% of the area

D) 40% of the area

E) 70% of the area

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Lowlands in Africa occupy …:

A) 1% of the area

B)& 10% of the area

C) 25% of the area

D) 40% of the area

E) 60% of the area

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Average height of Africa’s relief:

A) 200 m

B) 500 m

C)& 750 m

D) 1000 m

E) 1500 m

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The highest point of Africa:

A) 4600 m

B) 8000 m

C) 7800 m

D) 8848 m

E)& 5895 m.

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